ESG investing for dummies / by Brendan Bradley.

Title:

ISBN:

9781119771098

Personal Author:

Bradley, Brendan

Publication Information:

Hoboken, NJ : For Dummies, a Wiley brand, [2021]

Physical Description:

xv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

General Note:

"Invest in things that make the world better"--Page 4 of cover.

"Navigate the ESG investment landscape; understand investment principles for a sustainable portfolio; identify the instruments enabling ESG"--Cover.

"Inside... understand ESG's environment, social, and governance factors; get a handle on the evolution and growth of ESG investing; watch out for 'greenwashing'; unpack ESG performance reporting; the latest ESG trends; the future of ESG investing"--Page 4 of cover.

"Learning made easy"--Cover.

Includes index.

Contents:

part 1. Getting to know ESG: Entering the world of ESG investing ; Back to the future : understanding the evolution and growth of ESG investing ; Give me an "E"! : defining the environmental sector in ESG ; Give me an "S"! : investigating the social aspects of ESG ; Give me a "G"! : decoding the governance component of ESG ; Highlighting corporate greenwashing -- part 2. Investing in ESG through different instruments: Approaches to ESG investing ; Analyzing equity-based instruments ; ESG and fixed income instruments ; Exploring derivative and alternative instruments ; Highlighting geographical differences in ESG investing -- part 3. Applying ESG philosophy: Creating value through ESG for corporations ; Devising an ESG policy ; Defining and measuring ESG performance and reporting ; Elaborating the ESG endgame -- part 4. The part of tens: Ten frequently asked questions for an ESG approach ; Ten issues surrounding ESG portfolio construction ; Ten factors influencing the growth of ESG investing.

Summary:

Sustainable investors want to be confident that a company's Environmental (net zero emissions target), Social (response to the COVID-19 pandemic), and Governance (no repeats of Enron and WorldCom) policies and actions are positively impacting the global outlook--and to identify ways that their dollar can incentivize business leaders to do even better. The worldwide rise of an Environmental, Socially Responsible, and Governance (ESG) approach to investing shows you're not alone, and the $30+ trillion--and-- growing committed in this way says it's already become a transformative global movement. ESG provides a framework for evaluating companies that, unlike unrelated investment strategies, informs and guides sustainable investment.

Subject Term:

Impact investing

Investments -- Moral and ethical aspects

Finance, Personal -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals

Instructional and educational works

Self-help publications

Series Title:

--For dummies.

Series Sequence:

--For dummies